“No news” for me isn’t “good news” although I was hoping it would be May 20, 2017 I’ve reading the news since waking this Saturday while also listening to NPR’s Saturday new program. Before the November election I had anticipated being… Continue Reading
I apologized to two gentlemen at yesterday’s school board meeting May 9, 2017 The issue of mulch consumed a third of our four-hour marathon Business Committee meeting yesterday. I had tried to prepare my “eight loyal readers”… Continue Reading
Before I leave for Florida…. April 26, 2017 …where I’ll be wishing my father-in-law a Happy 90th Birthday, I’ll point my eight loyal readers to two stories about what’s happening in the… Continue Reading
Closing schools? Rehabbing schools? Shifting boundaries? April 21, 2017 I missed the first portion of yesterday’s Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting with the demographers we hired to map out the future needs… Continue Reading
Indian ghosts April 17, 2017 I just keep adding more books to my reading list. The lastest is Killers of the Flower Moon. I’ve been catching reports on Public… Continue Reading
Snakepits April 7, 2017 I was desperate not to sit at home all day and read and a Park Point walk beckoned. It was a little breezy on… Continue Reading
Paranoia Pt 4 China’s turn….Aw to heck with this topic. March 21, 2017 In Chinese the character for “Crisis” is the combination of the symbols for danger & opportunity. I once asked a friend to draw the… Continue Reading
“I am on a data privacy kick” March 8, 2017 My Buddy twitted (as opposed to tweeted) me with this response to my third paragraph in the last post: “9AM [meeting] was strictly personal… Continue Reading
The Game of Life February 15, 2017 Yesterday I spent the morning and afternoon with my first grade grandson. He was sick. His Mom brought some games over to our house… Continue Reading
Cyrillic messaging February 2, 2017 I just found a reminder email to myself as I cleaned old emails out to unfreeze my mailing system. It reminded me to tell… Continue Reading
Efficacy February 2, 2017 I’ve been annoyed at the recent insult that my blog is not effective, “efficatious,” because I only have “eight loyal readers.” Well, a screen… Continue Reading
Snow Sculpting was about my sixth priority this week January 23, 2017 I moved it to number 4 because I’m leaving town tomorrow. I wanted to finish one while the balmy sculpting weather continues. It will… Continue Reading
Trump in our High Schools January 3, 2017 As I was putting Christmas decorations away I got a gander at my two models for last year’s snow sculptures. The subjects bookended my… Continue Reading
PIDDLINGS 10-19-2016 October 19, 2016 Sometimes I get traditional good night sleeps despite the horror of this dyspeptic election year. Not so yesterday. I crawled back into bed about… Continue Reading
Back to Reality December 8, 2015 I’ve taken a break from regular blogging to refresh myself and to get my bearings for a soon-to-be new school board. I have explained… Continue Reading
Hidden motivations behind some of my posts December 2, 2015 I don’t get that many email comments about my blog posts so I do value my Buddy’s retorts even though he frequently beats me… Continue Reading
Shhh, Mum’s the word November 11, 2015 In case any of my other eight loyal readers were wondering my Buddy sent me this question. Jeez, Harry. No comment for a week…. Continue Reading
What’s so funny? October 27, 2015 Claudia says I know who I am. I take that as the highest compliment from the person who has had to endure all the… Continue Reading
Something new – for a thousand of you October 14, 2015 Two days in a row Lincolndemocrat has had over 1,100 visitors. This is better than three times the average of the summer which itself… Continue Reading
Out for blood? – an email exchange on the Thou Shalt Not series September 25, 2015 I woke yesterday morning to find an urgent plea in my email. One of my eight loyal readers was crushed that they missed the… Continue Reading